"Why Women Dump the Guys Who Try the Hardest"
You paid for dinner. You drove. You said "whatever you want is fine" every single time. All the effort, no expectations.
And she left anyway — probably for a guy who makes her pick up the pizza.
Painful. Also predictable. Her mind quietly concludes that anything requiring zero effort from her is worth exactly zero. You became a free sample, and free samples get taken for granted.
The 22 Rules flip the dynamic. Small shifts that get her investing effort, money, and time in you — until SHE'S the one afraid of losing YOU.
Mystery's show on VH1 [Merged Threads]
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"I'm Not Looking for Anything Serious Right Now"
When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.
Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.
Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.
The "22 Rules" explain why. When the right switches flip, her timeline rearranges itself around you.
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GQ_Confidence_1
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Everything about him, his height, facial features, he's got the same awkward expressions on his face. It'd be funny if Mystery popped in a tape of Ghostbusters 1 or II and told Fred..."see..now this is what you DON'T do."
In terms of ability, I'd rank them..
-Alvaro (he's totally out of place)
-Brady
-Fat Joe
-Blonde joe
-Scott (needs plenty of work though)
-Indian guy
-Fred
I want to see these guys do well. Spoon had potential (remember the funny japanese walk in eps 1). If the guys outfits and "Avatars" better matched their personalities, it'd really help their real personalities to come out (and they'd be so much more relaxed).
"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"
You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.
For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.
Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.
The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.
The best part of him is that he thinks he's not that far off, yet he is one of the worst candidates. It's chaps like that I really tend to pity. Not only is he ruining all chances he has with a woman everytime he speaks, but he also doesn't even realise it!
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You Raise a very good point. This is compelling evidence in favor of a "fake TV show" theory.Bling said:
Francisco d'Anconia
Master Don Juan
The Keymaster from the original Ghostbusters movie perhaps?GQ_Confidence_1 said:
"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"
Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."
You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.
She's been waiting forty minutes.
Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.
LeComteDeMonteCristo
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What are people seeing in this guy? Based on only the two episodes, there is no way you can say he is the best, or even out of place. He talks like an idiot, he acts like a douche bag, he was the only one that didn't have the balls to approach in the first episode, and in the second he thought he could impress girls with his dancing-monkey routine. Oh and he renamed himself Kosmo. :crazy:GQ_Confidence_1 said:
Can anyone tell me what the fuss is about?
I think the show is totally fixed.First off the camera angles were too good. Video was close,mikes were good. Then at one point Mystery looks into the camerra and talks to it. Like no one notices. I had noticed the great camera work on that Discovery show too. The one where they drop the guy in the middle of nowhere and give him a camera. Now come to find out, there were camera men around and the show is rigged.
Back to Mystery. I haven't seen him out pulling chicks who aren't drunk yet,or chicks who aren't major attention *****s.. I want to see Mystery in Malibu in broad daylight trying to pick up sober chicks with his lines and outfit. Or NYC. That would'nt go over too well.
Brother....ricorico said:
Every show is like this... They do anything for money..
The discovery show is "Man VS Wild"... They have to have prof. camera men in there how else are they going to shoot the show
They were sleeping in tents and they had the're own places W/e
Back to mystery..
His lines WORK on sober woman better than on drunk girls....
I personally have a friend whov sarged with him in daylight and on the streets....
Get your Epinions straight
"I'm Not Looking for Anything Serious Right Now"
When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.
Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.
Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.
The "22 Rules" explain why. When the right switches flip, her timeline rearranges itself around you.
"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"
She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.
Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.
The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.